the little Austin needs some more power. it will run 5.30 consistently, regardless of good/bad air. problem is, i need to get it to 5.0. it has run 5.20s and with some careful tuning, can be there. i did look at the plugs and can probably add a couple more degrees timing. that still wont get me to 5.0.
there's no room for turbos or supercharger. nitrous is out of the question. so, im stuck doing this NA.
thought about adding 20% nitro but that seems sketchy. weve looked at different head/cam combos but everything requires a complete rebuild. the short block was just redone so, thats out of the question. custom cam and porting might be an option but who?

hey 10 of course we know that the 2500 lbs is the real enemy here. you have a very good motor all ready to lay down a 5.30 in that weight class.
about 7 years ago i was kinda trying to do the same thing with a heavy car and did some experimenting with nitro on the dyno before running it on the track. results wernt very impressive even to 25% so i got ahold of comp cams and had them design a cam for the aplication. went back to the dyno and bam were on the right track now.
knowing what i know today i made a lot of mistakes back then but comp makes all my cams still. a 671 would put you right in the 4s if you can find the room. either way keep us up on the progress were all fighting the same battle_________________If your not doing something stupid than nobody cares!!!

Did I read that correct???? 830/810 and 114??? With no blower or Nitrous? You know where I am going....

thats kinda where im at on my blower motors. but then again ive never tried a 114 lsa on anything but a blower. seems like you would need a little more overlap_________________If your not doing something stupid than nobody cares!!!

Is it trapping right at redline? Just a stupid question. If not gearing and or tire height changes might be enough. Then again cam with 114 lsa is a bit odd._________________2001 Focus 2.0 Zetec
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Gearing it to redline in the lights will allow it to also leave harder where you would likely get to the goal. Cam is also not quite right I agree with Adam on that. Some work involved but if you want to keep the motor sealed up a set of gears might be the answer._________________2001 Focus 2.0 Zetec
stock cams, bolt-ons and tune
15.63@87 MPH 1/4mi

just pulled the heads off. we are going to send them to a local guy and see what he can do with the ports. also have lots of V to P clearance so, we're going to mill them for a little more compression.

shifting at 7400, it goes through the traps at 7000 in the 1/8, 7400 in the 1/4. im hoping he will let me put some gears in it too. think we need to bring our shift up to about 7800._________________

on an unrelated topic.... the cylinder walls had fine surface rust on them. i assume that's caused by sitting for a few days after running the alcohol? should we dump in some race gas and run it for a few minutes after the races?_________________

i did the math this morning. the actual compression was 13.4. bad news is, the intake valve is so close to the deck, the heads cant be milled very much. i can go with a thinner gasket but then im concerned about screwing up quench. it had a .051 gasket. they are at the machine shop right now. hes going to flow them and let me know what can be done._________________

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